In the News (Tue 31 Mar 15)

Rubber and wooden bullets are often used in riot control and to disperse protests.

A new type of projectile named the plastic bullet or plastic baton round was introduced in 1972; initially used alongside the rubber bullet, it eventually replaced it.

The X-Ring Rubber Bullet, the only widely-available brand of recreational rubber bullet, resembles an airgun "diablo" pellet, and is available in diameters for.38/.357/9 mm.,.44, and.45 calibers, and are loaded into brass or plastic cases; an enlarged flash hole is recommended to reduce the likelihood of primer "setback", which can stop a revolver's cylinder from rotating.

I've not loaded wax in autoloaders, but for canning waxbullets in revolvers, it is needful to enlarge the vent to prevent the primer backing out and tyeing up the cylinder.

A waxbullet from a.38 is said to produce a severe bruise at 20', and will kill rats in the barn.

The propellant was a cap-gun cap (the sort that came on a paper roll) and the potato was loaded by pressing the end of the 'cartridge' into a potato in the 'cookie cutter' fashion that you describe for waxbullets.

I found when bullets are plated with steel pellets the wax does not remove any Moly, in the two minutes it takes to wax the bullets.

In a conversation with Walt Berger he said all his bullets are waxed, the wax is important, and that is what I do.

How the thickness of the wax can be measurably increased, is not known to me. However I have noticed uneven build up when the tumbling temperature is more than a cool room temperature and longer than 2 minutes with steel pellets.

The bullet is pressed into place, then a shotgun primer or.22 blank is placed into the specially counter-sunk hole at the base of the shell.

These approved bullets have been tested to make sure there is minimal risk of bullet bounce-back, and that the bullets don't shatter too violently and strike shooters or spectators.

All wax targets are metal and have a 60 watt light covered with plexi-glass mounted near the middle of the target.

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The installation comprises of a fl and white TV monitor plus VCR, stand, a bullet proof jacket made of plastic, a child's shirt and dress made of plastic, two small plastic cases, a plastic video case with a light, all filled with waxbullets.

Like the waxbullets, that can melt and be transformed, these shared "experiences" on screen hit on a psychological level and leaves scars.

In the installation "Koeëlwas", the viewer can see through the plastic clothes (bullet proof vest, dress and shirt) to have a view of the waxbullets with which these items are filled, suggesting the exposure of children to war, violence and its effects.

Shooters Forum - Which flux and lube do you use?(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)

For flux I use scraps of candle wax left over from waxbullets (primer powered) or pine resin (incense-like smell) followed by pencil sharpener shavings or sawdust or charcoal if I want to maintain a reducing atmosphere in the pot.

Bullet was a hardened 425 grain at 1650.

When the bullets are big, the as chast dieamter is right, and I've only 50-70 of them to lube, will often just lube them by hand.

It was pretty large, and gold in color and ”Hollow?” The end of the bullet was stripped away to reveal an empty core.

Three bullets left and I thought the weight was off from regular 45’s, so I tried a test fire.

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The installation comprises of a fl and white TV monitor, video machine, a stand, a bullet proof jacket made of plastic, two small plastic cases, an illuminated plastic video cassette case, all filled with waxbullets.

Like the waxbullets, that can melt and be transformed, these shared ‘experiences’ on screen hit on a psychological level and leave us scarred.

There are analogies to the waxbullets, looking like crayons, how children are exposed to violence, the white binding around the childrens’ clothes suggests white chalk outlines the police use to mark out dead bodies.

If you want to feel like you're part of the Old West, the excitement of standing on the shooting line next to your opponent, your hand shaking ready to draw at the first glimpse of the light in the middle of the target, and feel the adrenalin rush, this is the sport for you.

Bullets are wax, usually of a proprietary mixture.

Waxbullets sometimes bounce back and they shouldn't hurt if they hit you in the body, but you don't want them to hit you in the eye.

Removing the wax when it is "time" to remove it assures your best accuracy.

If you are removing the wax coating, use solvent saturated patches to remove the wax....no brushes. That brush is just like sand paper, very same results. Positively will "sand" your bore very well each time the brush goes in.